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UP Super TET 2026

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12 subjects · easy-to-extreme sets · 20 full mocks · a solution for every question.

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🎁 The first 25 questions of every Set 01 and the whole Full Mock 01 are free — try first, decide later.
📘 Prep guide — pattern, strategy & tricks

🗓️Important dates Tentative

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Notificationmid-September 2026
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Online application16 Sep – 15 Oct 2026 (tentative)
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Correction windowOctober 2026, 3rd week (tentative)
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Admit carda few days before the exam (tentative)
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Written exam (OMR)December 2026 — tentatively 3–4 Dec
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Resulton the date announced by the Commission
⚠️ All dates are tentative. Treat only the official notice on upessc.up.gov.in as final. If the dates shift, keep the same plan — just move the weeks.

🎯The exam at a glance

❓120MCQs
⭐360marks · 3 each
⚠️−1per wrong answer
⏱️120 mintotal · no sectional timer
📄OMRoffline · black ball-pen
🌐BilingualHindi + English
ℹ️ Based on the revised September 2026 pattern (120 Q · 360 marks · +3/−1). If the official advertisement changes anything, we will update this page right away.

📊Subject-wise questions, marks & smart time plan

📖Language (Hindi + Sanskrit + English)
30
90marks⏱ 25 min
📰General Knowledge / Current Affairs
25
75marks⏱ 15 min
🔢Mathematics
16
48marks⏱ 24 min
🔬Science
8
24marks⏱ 6 min
🌍Environment & Social Studies
8
24marks⏱ 6 min
👩‍🏫Teaching Skills
8
24marks⏱ 7 min
🧠Child Psychology
8
24marks⏱ 7 min
🌱Life Skills / Management / Attitude
8
24marks⏱ 6 min
🧩Logical Reasoning
5
15marks⏱ 8 min
💻Information Technology
4
12marks⏱ 3 min
Total
120 Q · 360 marks
⏱ 107 + 13 min OMR/review
💡 The big game: Language (30) + GK (25) = 55 questions = 165 marks — almost half the paper. Strengthen these two first. Teaching + Child Psychology + Life Skills (24 Q) are also high-scoring with little effort.

🧭Full preparation roadmap — today to exam day

1
🧱Foundation (weeks 1–3)

Do Set 01 and Set 02 of every subject in Practice mode — no timer. Read the Solution after every question. Rotate 3 subjects a day. Goal: clear basics everywhere.

2
⚙️Depth + speed (weeks 4–6)

Sets 03–04: first Practice, then Exam mode (real timer). Write every wrong question in a “mistake notebook”. Goal: 80%+ per set at 1 question/minute.

3
🎯Mock phase (weeks 7–9)

2 full mocks a week — sit at the same time of day as the real exam. Other days: the last (hard) sets of weak subjects. 30 minutes of analysis after every mock.

4
🏁Final edge (last 10 days)

A mock every alternate day; in between, mistake-notebook and formula/fact revision. No new topics. Sleep well; only light revision the day before.

📅 Ideal 3-hour daily timetable

40'📖
LanguageHindi grammar + one Sanskrit/English set
30'📰
GKUP GK + education schemes + static GK
40'🔢
Maths + reasoningrevise formulas, then 20–25 questions on a timer
40'🧠
Teaching + psychology + life skillstheorists and situational questions
20'🔬
Science / EVS / ITsmall facts, a little every day
10'📓
Mistake notebookre-read yesterday’s mistakes

⏱️Time management — the 120-minute “3-round” method

0–55'
Round 1 · Sure-shots

Go through the whole paper once. Answer only what you know instantly — GK, IT, Science, EVS, Teaching, Psychology. Stuck? Mark “?” and move on.

55–95'
Round 2 · Thinking ones

Now Maths, Reasoning, tricky grammar and the “?” questions. Maximum 90 seconds each.

95–110'
Round 3 · 50-50 rule

Attempt the rest only if you can surely remove 2 options. Otherwise leave it.

110–120'
Last 10 min · OMR check

Check roll number, booklet series and that every bubble is fully filled.

🚀 How to build and keep speed

⏲️
60-second rule

Average 1 question = 1 minute. Finish GK in 20–30 seconds so Maths gets 90.

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Fill OMR every 10 questions

Never leave all bubbling for the end — fill after every 10 questions.

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Ready-made maths facts

Tables to 25, squares to 30, cubes to 15, fraction-percent pairs like 1/8 = 12.5%.

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Work back from options

Remove wrong options using unit digit, divisibility or estimation — no need to solve fully.

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Passages: questions first

Read the questions, then the passage — you will find answers faster.

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Practise with the “fast” timer

In Exam mode pick the 80%-time option — the real exam will feel easy.

🧮Negative marking — when to guess?

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Attempted: 100
Accuracy: 85%
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💡Smart subject-wise tricks

📖Hindi▾
Sandhi: आ/ई/ऊ = दीर्घ · ए/ओ/अर् = गुण · ऐ/औ = वृद्धि · य/व/र + vowel = यण्.
Samas: if the vigrah gives a “third meaning”, it is बहुव्रीहि (e.g. लंबोदर = Ganesha).
Alankar: repeated letters = अनुप्रास · repeated word with new meaning = यमक · one word, many meanings = श्लेष.
🕉️Sanskrit▾
Lakar: लट् = present · लृट् = future · लङ् = past · लोट् = command · विधिलिङ् = “should”.
Vibhakti: 2nd = को · 3rd = से/द्वारा · 4th = के लिए · 5th = से (separation) · 6th = का/की/के · 7th = में/पर.
🔤English▾
Error spotting order: verb (subject-verb agreement) → tense → article → preposition.
Keep a list of fixed prepositions (senior to, prefer to, since/for).
Passages: questions first, then the paragraph.
🔢Maths▾
Percent-fraction: 1/2=50%, 1/4=25%, 1/5=20%, 1/8=12.5%, 1/3≈33.33%.
SI = P × R × T / 100 · 2-year CI: effective rate = 2r + r×r/100.
Profit/loss % is always on cost price.
🔬Science▾
Make a one-page table of vitamins & deficiencies (A-night blindness, C-scurvy, D-rickets), SI units and body systems; revise it 5 minutes daily.
🌍EVS / Social▾
Key Articles (14–18 equality, 21A right to education, 45, 51A fundamental duties), UP geography and freedom-movement years — build a date timeline.
📰General Knowledge▾
25 Q = the biggest block. 20 minutes daily of UP GK (districts, ODOP, folk culture) + education schemes (NEP 2020, NIPUN Bharat, PM SHRI, RTE). Revise current affairs up to 2 weeks before the exam separately.
🧠Child Psychology▾
Memorise name–keyword pairs: Piaget-schema/stages · Vygotsky-ZPD/scaffolding · Kohlberg-moral · Bandura-observation · Skinner-operant · Pavlov-classical · Thorndike-trial & error · Gardner-multiple intelligences.
In situational questions pick the child-centred option.
👩‍🏫Teaching Skills▾
Method–founder: Kindergarten-Froebel · Montessori · Project-Kilpatrick · Dalton-Helen Parkhurst · Heuristic-Armstrong.
Be clear on formative (during learning) vs summative (at the end) assessment.
🌱Life Skills▾
Know WHO’s 10 life skills. Corporal punishment is banned under RTE Section 17 — options with “punish/insult/scold” are almost always wrong; “dialogue, encouragement, positive reinforcement” are right.
🧩Reasoning▾
In series find the difference, then the difference of differences. Always draw direction questions. Use the “odd days” method for calendars. Only 5 Q — don’t overspend time.
💻IT▾
Shortcuts (Ctrl+C/V/Z/S), file extensions, memory units (1 KB = 1024 B) and education portals — DIKSHA (NCERT), SWAYAM (online courses), e-Pathshala.

🌟6 smart ideas toppers use

📓Mistake notebook

Every wrong question: right answer + reason in one line. These become your most valuable notes before the exam.

🔁1-3-7 revision

Revise what you studied after 1, 3 and 7 days — memory stays firm.

🕘Mocks at exam time

Take mocks at the same time of day as the exam — your brain learns to peak then.

🗣️Teach someone

Explain a hard topic to someone in 2 minutes — the gaps show immediately.

🃏Flash cards

Formulas, theorists, Articles — on small cards; flip them in spare minutes.

📵Phone rule

Phone in another room for 50 minutes of study, then a 10-minute break.

🎒Exam-day checklist

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